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| Garmin StreetPilot c330 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Factory-Refurbished) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $449.99
Buy New: $119.51
You Save: $330.48 (73%)
New (3) Used (1) Refurbished (4) from $99.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  96 reviews
Sales Rank: 389
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 2.8 x 3.2 x 4.4
nv:Type: Car Kit
Acquisition Time Cold: 45 Seconds
Acquisition Time Warm: 15 Seconds
Update Rate: 1/second, continuous
GPS Accuracy Position: < 15 meters, 95% typical
GPS Accuracy Velocity: 0.05 meter/sec steady state
Waypoints: 500 with name and graphic symbol
Trip Computer: Average Speed
Trip Computer: Resettable Odometer
Trip Computer: Timers
Trip Computer: Maximum Speed
Inputs: 12/24 Vdc
Display: Color
Display: LCD
Touch Screen: Yes
Voice: Yes
Battery Life: 8 hours
MPN: c330 Refurbished
Model: c330 Refurbished
UPC: 753759053093
EAN: 0753759053093
ASIN: B000EM2OXA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great GPS, Easy to use November 10, 2007
50 out of 51 found this review helpful
I bought this C330 for my retired parents. I chose this one because it is the same unit my wife has, and it works great. She is horrible with directions, but now is confident to venture to far away suburbs. After using it for a few months, she said, "I love that GPS". It works great when you're on the phone and someone is trying to give you directions to their house. Just say, "give me your address" and you're ready to go.
My parents are not gadget freaks; they don't even use a cell phone. They needed a GPS that was easy to use. The C330 menus are simple to follow and intuitive. Adding locations to the Favorites makes it even faster to use.
I like the long battery life. When I'm headed out of the area, I borrow the Garmin from my wife's car and don't even bring the windshield mount (charger). I've driven for more than four hours without so much as a low battery warning.
Some of the nice features include:
- Below the displayed map is the Estimated Time of Arrival and how long before you are going to need to make a turn.
- The touch screen removes confusing buttons, and only offers you options that apply to the function you're working on.
- Automatically recalculating directions if you miss a turn. In some cases I don't want to take the proposed route, so the C330 will reroute based on where I'm headed.
- The external volume control allows you to adjust the audible directions without navigating through menus.
- When approaching interchanges, the C330 gets you in the proper lane so you don't accidentally take the wrong ramp. The voice says things like "in .2 miles, keep left" or "stay right".
- The C330 looks at your speed to decide how far in advance it will give you audible directions about the next turn. The faster you're driving, the greater the distance. At residential speeds it might give you a few hundred feet. At highway speeds it gives you several tenths of a mile.
- The display automatically adjusts from day to night mode at dusk.
- You can program the unit to avoid toll roads, unpaved roads, and U turns.
- The entire US is preloaded in the C330. No need to anticipate where you're traveling and load additional maps ahead of time.
- The ability to use the C330 indoors to program your trip. I opened the one for my parents and pre-programmed their home as well as all of their relatives ahead of time. When they headed south for the winter, everything was ready to go.
- You can charge the unit from a USB cable.
My wife's C330 locked up once - completely frozen. We could not do anything in the menu or even turn it off. I searched the Internet and found instructions on how to reset the unit. After that, the unit worked just fine. It didn't even lose any of the data we had programmed in it. I suspect "locked-up" units are why so many are returned and then offered as refurbished units. I had no hesitation on buying a refurb after knowing how to reset it.
Here are the instructions to reset a frozen C330. Remove the silver trim faceplate. In the 12 o'clock position is a groove for your fingernail. Otherwise there are two hidden tabs on the right and left sides. Use a tiny screwdriver blade to gently pop out the tabs by lifting the sides. (Be careful so you don't slip and scratch the screen). After you remove the trim, there is a reset button in the 3 o'clock position. Push the button to reboot the C330 and you're as good as new. Even few months our C330 seems to begin taking a long time to acquire satellites. I'll reset the unit and things improve. I liken this condition to a Windows PC that starts acting quirky if it has not been re-booted in a long time.
Here are a few of the things I don't like, or wish the C330 would do:
- The C330 doesn't allow you to get to locations that are "off-road". This device is intended for drivings, not for hiking, geo-caching or other activities not along the road.
- Provide Latitude and Longitude coordinates for a location or allow you to enter destinations using Lat/Long.
- Sometimes the Garmin maps think locations are on the opposite side of the road. I chalk this up to it being a municipality where the odd/even addresses are on the opposite sides of the street from what Garmin is expecting. Hopefully this will be fixed in future Garmin maps.
- Speaking of maps, I don't like the fact that I have to pay big bucks for updated Garmin maps. In my opinion updates should be free for at least some period of time. Fortunately the maps are pretty good as long as you're not in an area with lots of new construction.
- The C340 is exactly the same unit, however it pronounces the street names using text to speech technology.
- The unit should have an accessible reset button. Either drill a hole in the trim plate, or relocate the button to the back of the unit.
All in all we're very pleased with the Garmin C330. In the future I'm sure I'll be looking for more Garmin products when others in the household start driving.
 Good unit, great price October 31, 2007
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
My feedback is for the refurbished version of this GPS.
My unit came in a plain white box and no fancy packaging. But other than that is is indistinguishable from a new unit, and includes a 1 year warranty from Garmin.
Software drivers installed easily on my PC, and the GPS unit works well and as advertised. Garmin offers a software update for the GPS, it's something to get right away.
My Garmin came with two power cords, Amazon's description doesn't mention this and/or is sketchy. It comes with the USB cord which will recharge the battery when the unit is connected to the PC. But it also came with a 12 volt cigarette lighter cord that connects through the car cradle thingy with the suction cup. A nice surprise!
I only got my GPS today, so I'll have to defer to those that have lived with theirs for a while. But walking around with it so far, it does everything it's supposed to and the rave reviews seem to be born out.
Hope this helps . . .
Great bang for the buck October 29, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been in the market for a GPS for a while now, and was eyeing this one, the price is perfect, even though it is a refurb you would never know. We just took a trip up to NYC this weekend and this thing was a life saver, turn by turn directions couldnt have been better. The only flaw I have seen so far is when you first trun it on it takes a while to pick up sat's, but when your on the road and go through a tunnel or something it quickly picks them up when you get out. Overall I would say this is a great buy.
Awesome GPS October 24, 2007
This unit is great. It does what I needed it to do. There are not a lot of fancy extras, but I didn't need that. I love the points of interest. It can find places to eat or other places with no problems.
Great GPS unit for the money October 14, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
If you just want a great GPS and don't care about bluetooth integration, mp3 player, c330 is the best deal out there. The only drawback is that the unit does not pronounce the street names, but what do you expect for $169.
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